25 August 2007 11:50pm Beijing (11:50am EST)
Alas, the weary travelers have arrived in Beijing. They checked into their hotel and all had a good scrubbing to wash away the grime of 28+ hours in transit (18+ of those in the flying tubes). All of the flights went off without a hitch and their baggage was already at the conveyor by the time they got through the first two checkpoints and, boy, was that a relief. After a brief wait once through customs, their local rep (Miranda) found them outside baggage claim and escorted them to their hotel and gave them a brief rundown of Sunday’s events.
The Haudu Hotel where we are staying for the one night in Beijing is nice. We have a double bed that is the size of our king beds in thestates and one small cot that they added once we checked-in. Tomorrow we will be doing a whirlwind tour of the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the Great Wall which will be followed by a late departure to Guangzhou (7:15pm). That puts us in Guangzhou around 10:15pm and hopefully resting in our hotel (White Swan) by midnight. Monday morning is the biggest day of the trip as it is the moment we get to meet our daughter, Kate. After a long journey as this, we wish it were tomorrow.
KEG.
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Keep the updates coming - glad to hear from Dad today and get the news that you had been united with Kate finally and all has gone well with the trip to this point. You are in our prayers! Karen, Jimmy, Aren and Jake
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